i wouldn't begin to try giving a timeline on that.

first things first is getting the default mode able to handle window positioning more efficiently, so as to fix the blackscreens on the bnet login page that altwinpos causes.

after that.... getting implementation to a point that it can handle other ddraw titles, and hopefully getting blizzard to whitelist the wrapper for official bnet.

DanyalDenyo

9 Posts

March 24 2011 20:08 GMT

#342

so squall what are you saying?

You think that I am just lucky that since I patched it SC:bw stopped freezing the computer?

If the patch doesn't really address the problem and it fixed my problem then the problem I had has to be a different one from the others. Yet it has the same symtoms, Starcraft freezes the computer, sounds keep coming, screen freezes and the computer doesn't respond to alt+tab shift+esc+ctrl mouse etc. forcing me to power off

Are there anyone who still suffer from the problem even after applying the D2D/D3D patch?

CryMore

United States497 Posts

March 24 2011 20:16 GMT

#343

Using Chaos Launcher to run in windowed mode seems to work for me. Playing through the normal launcher makes it crash often for me.

ExceeD_DreaM

Canada500 Posts

March 24 2011 20:22 GMT

#344

I've had this problem for a long time and i fixed it.

Go to option, I think display, then UNCHECK 'enable color cycling'

you will no longer have BW freezing, but you will have color going totally messed up once in a while.
alt tabbing or pausing the game fixes this issue for me.

tedster

984 Posts

March 25 2011 01:15 GMT

#345

This is the saddest thing in my life. playing in windowed mode is a horrible solution for me for various reasons and i have tried all the suggested fixes with no real luck. it suckssss

floor exercise

Canada5847 Posts

March 25 2011 01:45 GMT

#346

This thread never fails to give me false hope. I've also discovered that even if there was a fix, ATI scaling is even more broken than it has ever been

BoldMan

United States168 Posts

March 26 2011 00:14 GMT

#347

omg is there still no fix to windows 7? =(

why are there 18 pages to this thread and still no solution

every ~6 games of BW, my computer freezes and i have to force shut down and run it back up

also yeah windows mode really lags up the game; every game in windows mode (even on fastest) is like 15% slower

edit: bout time scbw got a blizzard patch 1.16.2 i think

aupstar

Australia912 Posts

March 26 2011 04:15 GMT

#348

On March 25 2011 05:22 ExceeD_DreaM wrote:
I've had this problem for a long time and i fixed it.

Go to option, I think display, then UNCHECK 'enable color cycling'

you will no longer have BW freezing, but you will have color going totally messed up once in a while.
alt tabbing or pausing the game fixes this issue for me.

Thanks! That seems to work for me..

squall leonhart

Australia44 Posts

March 26 2011 08:36 GMT

#349

Not a fix. a workaround that extends the time before it occurs.

On March 25 2011 05:08 DanyalDenyo wrote:
so squall what are you saying?

You think that I am just lucky that since I patched it SC:bw stopped freezing the computer?

If the patch doesn't really address the problem and it fixed my problem then the problem I had has to be a different one from the others. Yet it has the same symtoms, Starcraft freezes the computer, sounds keep coming, screen freezes and the computer doesn't respond to alt+tab shift+esc+ctrl mouse etc. forcing me to power off

Are there anyone who still suffer from the problem even after applying the D2D/D3D patch?

not all causes of the DDraw freeze are the same. i've got both SP1 and the hotfix in question installed and can still reproduce the freeze partially in starlancer, a d3d game that uses directmedia/ddraw between missions, and the game freezes at random points while moving about the menu. Age of Empires 2 still black screens at random with no chance of recovery and starcraft still results in no input when WLM, WMP or FF are running in the background.

The more applications you have open that intefere with the colour palette the more likely it is to happen. I expect it would be reduced in occurence with FF4 and WMP2011 because of the usage of Direct2D/3D acceleration on the gui.

Grobyc

Canada18410 Posts

March 27 2011 18:07 GMT

#350

Installed Windows 7 on my new PC the other day AND IT SEEMS TO RUN BW :D. No more dual booting and switching between Vista :3. And we all know what that means: more BW streaming!

I also plan on upgrading my internet connection next week, so hopefully I'll be back to streaming very often.

When I run BW I've been keeping the screen resolution window open and it hasn't crashed yet. I haven't tried it without keeping the window open, but I'll try it eventually. weeeeeee

RebirthOfLeGenD

USA5860 Posts

March 27 2011 20:48 GMT

#351

Ughh wtf? This is unusually douche even for Blizzard. This issue has existed for like 2 years and they haven't patched it. It seems pretty arbitrary though which is the most annoying part. On my media desktop that I watch movies on BW runs without crashes in full screen, however on my desktop that I use for gaming it crashes. Someone needs to compile all the potential fixes for this so I can do them all. I asked Blizzard tech support and they just blew smoke up my ass.

tests

United States160 Posts

March 28 2011 23:34 GMT

#352

Hey guys, I, like many of you, can not play on Windows 7 without the game freezing into oblivion. I decided to give wnidowed mode a shot and once I was launched inside a one vs one game I could only scroll up and right. Any idea how to fix this?

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9551 Posts

March 28 2011 23:40 GMT

#353

On March 29 2011 08:34 tests wrote:
Hey guys, I, like many of you, can not play on Windows 7 without the game freezing into oblivion. I decided to give wnidowed mode a shot and once I was launched inside a one vs one game I could only scroll up and right. Any idea how to fix this?

Press Alt + F1 while in Windowed mode.

tests

United States160 Posts

March 28 2011 23:42 GMT

#354

That allows me to stay within the boundaries of broodwar. I did just that. The problem is when I am inside a broodwar game it does not let me scroll up or down with my mouse. just left or right.
Edit: It only allows me to scroll in all directions if I don't play in "2X" mode for Windowed. If i play without that than I can scroll in all directions (but that is way too small for my liking). Is there a problem with "2X" mode?

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9551 Posts

March 29 2011 00:06 GMT

#355

I sent you a PM but might as well post it here.

This is the best workaround imo:
1. Right click on your Chaoslauncher icon -> Properties.

2. Select "Run in 640x480 screen resolution" under Compatibility tab.

3. Run Chaoslauncher in Window Mode

4. Use Alt + F1 to lock your cursor inside Starcraft window, so you can scroll normally in game. (you only have to do this once).

With this workaround your desktop resolution will change to 640x480 everytime you start Chaoslauncher. That is also the resolution on which the BW is played so the game will appear to be in full screen, even though it's in window mode. One important tip is that you have to position your Starcraft window perfectly so it aligns on all 4 sides of your screen. If it's out of the position you will be unable to scroll with mouse in game on some sides. (After you exit Chaoslauncher, your Desktop Resolution will revert to your original one without messing up your icons!).

tests

United States160 Posts

March 29 2011 01:18 GMT

#356

Oh, I get what you mean by now. I did that for Iccup Launcher and it does load Broodwar in 640 x 480 mode. How do I position the starcraft window perfectly so that it aligns to all 4 sides of the screen? I just can't get that done...and I am able to scroll in-game up/left/right...but not down.

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9551 Posts

March 29 2011 09:41 GMT

#357

On March 29 2011 10:18 tests wrote:
Oh, I get what you mean by now. I did that for Iccup Launcher and it does load Broodwar in 640 x 480 mode. How do I position the starcraft window perfectly so that it aligns to all 4 sides of the screen? I just can't get that done...and I am able to scroll in-game up/left/right...but not down.

Since you can't scroll down it means you have to move the window little up. It's a little tricky but click on that red line at top and move it up so much that you don't see that line anymore. Play around with it, it's not that hard once you get the hang of it.

Pippah

Denmark356 Posts

March 29 2011 09:58 GMT

#358

Worked for me, havnt had any crashes since I did this. thx

squall leonhart

Australia44 Posts

April 02 2011 22:45 GMT

#359

On March 28 2011 05:48 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Ughh wtf? This is unusually douche even for Blizzard. This issue has existed for like 2 years and they haven't patched it. It seems pretty arbitrary though which is the most annoying part. On my media desktop that I watch movies on BW runs without crashes in full screen, however on my desktop that I use for gaming it crashes. Someone needs to compile all the potential fixes for this so I can do them all. I asked Blizzard tech support and they just blew smoke up my ass.

simplest to state fix set 16bpp when creating the ddraw screen.

unfortunately its not so simple to implement

Scaramanga

Australia8093 Posts

April 15 2011 16:17 GMT

#360

On March 23 2011 00:46 Scaramanga wrote:
I can run the game and the colours are fucked but are alright in an actual game, its getting iccup to work thats the problem, i get a error msg saying "Error launching! Message: %1 is not a vaild Win32 application" so im unsure how to fix this
any advice is much appreciated

Ive been looking for a fix but still unable to find one, any help?